Fragmentary Odds and Ends From a Century Ago
A collage of obscure statistics and curiosities ranges from factory employment in Massachusetts to vegetarian diet sufficiency, eight hour rules in Russia, and the Italian army. Various notes mention London population, oyster opening force, plague deaths in India, and a 1138 battle site up for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
England
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Rome
India
China
Standard Hill Farm
Northallerton
Chusan Islands
Mixed historical items from a distant era headline a busy page
A collage of trivial and notable items: Sandwich girls parading in Loncs3, Prince Ravjitsinhji influencing Atsimaiun English, Rauji products sold at a roadside market, Queen Victoria's bed arrangements, Scarva's 114 year old ustmaster, coroner's jury pay after a big London fire, D Annunzio plays in Rome, Monte Carlo diplomacy by Prince Albert of Monaco, French rail accidents with baggage charges, Pepe Leo’s gifts at ordination, and various royal and noble gifts from European courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Whitehall Review
Cimiez
Scarva
County Down
Ustmaster
R. Taylor
United Kingdom
London
Prince Albert
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Valentinois
Cesare Borgia
Mazarin
Cardinal Mazarin
Duc de
Paris
Pepe Leo
Gmong
Duke
Apulia
Kaiser
Economic Exports and Trade Figures Highlight 1898 Data
A text-heavy summary lists 1898 export values and quantities for cotton, refrigerated pork and beef, hides, flour, hops, cheese, oil cake, and rice, with US trade partners Africa Asia Europe and South America noted. It contrasts domestic production costs and notes varied foreign demand and prices for American goods.
Army payroll cats and warehouse duties raise funds
A wartime notice reports thirty cats on the United States Army payroll, stationed in government warehouses and stores, earning thousands annually. A British War Secretary circular urges generals to enforce regulations guiding officers on grooming and moustaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
United States Army
Chicago
Army Quartermaster
Ueen
Vast Global Facts From A Century Ago
A survey of remarkable figures notes Ireland reclaiming acres from bogs, Sutlej River in British India as the world’s fastest, Earth receive less than one thousandth millionth of solar rays, and Russia's canal spanning St. Petersburg to China. It lists world population, Windsor Castle carpet details, Mecca’s pilgrim house for 6000, and Vienna suburb mansion housing 2112 tenants along with London Rowton houses housing 800 677 and 600 tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
British India
Russia
St. Petersburg
China
Windsor Castle
Turkey
Mecca
Vienna
London
Dr Fahrney's Giant Book Weighs 280 Pounds in Chicago
A Baltimore physician Dr Fahrney is linked to the largest known book created in Chicago in 1891. The blank volume reportedly weighs 280 pounds 7 ounces with a 50 pound cover and two complex patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahrney
Baltimore
Chicago
Notable Local Gold Theft and Jury Fees Report
A Idaho incident notes three bars of bullion valued around 8 800 dollars were clipped. In Los Angeles a jury delayed verdict until fees were settled. The Rome cemetery holds over 8 000 000 buried. Ireland averages 208 rainy days yearly. England 150. Kazan 90. Siberia 60. Eastern Atlantic waters near Cape Ushant and Cape Finisterre are among the world safest routes for ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Los Angeles
Cal
Ireland
England
Kazan
Siberia
Europe and Her Colonies Greater Than Themselves
The article lists eight European nations with colonies larger than their home areas, noting Britain and France lead in land and population abroad, with Holland, Portugal, Germany, Italy, and Denmark following in various colonial extents and populations. It highlights the imbalance between metropole and colony populations and the reach of empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Great Britain
France
Holland
Portugal
England
Krance
Germany
Kian-Chau
RCA OO
Elien
Industreraily
iYolland
Italy
Denmark
Greenlane
Notable Foreign and Domestic Footnotes on Leaders and Events
A compilation of brief notes on figures such as James B. Eustis and Horace Porter, detailing career shifts and residences. Also mentions the Shah of Persia's hunting exploits, Secretary Wilson’s birth and education, A D Bartlett’s zoological tenure, Matthew Laflin’s eccentric fashion ideas, and Harriet A Boyd’s frontline nursing in Greece, with related protests and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaltina Patri
Nicohsd
wais-y-Nos
James B. Eustis
Horace Porter
French Republic
New Orleans
New York City
Shah of
Persia
James Wilson
Ayrshire
Scotland
A. D. Bartlett
London
London Zoological Gardens
Jumbo
Mr. Bartlett
Barnum
Kr. Bartlett
Zico
Matthew Laflin
Harriet A. Boyd
Boston
American Archaeologica School
Athens
Olga
Boyd
Waspitsia
Insanity Causes and Odd Early 20th Century Tales
England surveys causes of insanity with hereditary, drink, money troubles, and illness breaking down cases. Stockport boasts a vast Sunday school with 4834 scholars and 433 teachers. A Milwaukee man directed his corpse be burned to feed a rosebush and share blossoms. A Persian town shows prayer calls and clerks abandoning offices in rush to churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Stockport
C. Jerome Cary
Milwaukee
Persia
Editor's Hectic Backstage Cabal of a Busy Paper
An imagined newsroom scene shows the managing editor pushing for every column to fill a twenty page edition. Journalists hustle to craft sensational content including interviews with governors and a mock tar and feathering gag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Kent Scott
Cabnet
Telegraph
Fright Restores Boy's Speech After Illness
Samuel John son of Phillipsburg New Jersey, aged eight, was rendered mute after a fright nearly three years ago. Doctors failed to help. A playful scare one morning caused him to cry out in fear, and since that moment he has spoken normally again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Phillipsburg
N. J
Various curious world facts and statistics from the era
A collection of disparate observations: steamboats displacing gondolas in Venice, growing nails on amputated fingers, child marriage prevalence, wooden railway sleepers, Africa hair sales, French bank accounts, physician carriages’ right of way, Indigenous populations in Spanish America, global matches value, gilded lips fashion, railway tickets output, Queen’s laundry costs, submarine cables, London fire brigade Saturdays, explosive compounds rise, bachelor crime rates, China hair export, infant feeding laws in France, Mohammed tomb value, jewels worth, horse drinking trough critique, British veterinary opinions, Victoria Regia leaf size, and varied Christian minister density across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
France
Berlin
London and Northwestern Rilway Company
London Fire Brigade
China
Mohammed
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Guiana
Life expectancy trends in twenty five years
Statistics show the average life of women rising from about 42 to nearly 46 years, a gain of over 9 percent. Men’s life expectancy increased from around 42 to about 44 years, continuing the gradual improvement.
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Massachusetts
Comfortaby
Liverpool Corporation Omnibus
Colin
Across the
Blue Sea
Teatro Valle
Duse
Canm
Sea Island
Asia
Puerto Ric
United States
South America
South Carolina
Georgia
Venice
Japan
Diam
Silver Lake, Indiana
B. Burdqge’s
Silver Lake
Indiana
Chas
Racer
Parcmere’ Bank
En Conner Building
John Fitton
C. E. Rantz
W J. Fitton
Ness
W. J. Fitton
Elmer Snell
Sale Crier
Rose Still
North
Manchester, Ind
Shad
Warsaw Business College
Warsaw
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